Redskins fall to Hillsdale Academy

HILLSDALE — A fast start in the first quarter by the Hillsdale Academy boys basketball team helped to propel them to a 55-47 win over Camden-Frontier Thursday night.

“It was a good win for us,” said Rick Milligan, Hillsdale Academy head coach.

In front of their home crowd the Colts came out in the first quarter and built a 12 point lead on the Redskins leading 18-6 at the end of one. Senior Adam Krutsch hit a three as time expired to give the Colts the 12 point lead.

Camden-Frontier coach Jason Holubik agreed that it was the first half that hurt his squad. The Redskins played the Colts close after the first quarter, as they turned up the defensive pressure.

“We didn’t have any defensive intensity tonight,” Holubik said. “Were not going to win many games playing defense like that.”

With the Colts leading scorer Chip Blood out of the lineup Holubik believed his team took the Colts lightly.

Camden had clawed their way back into the ball game trailing 26-20 at the half behind the shooting of Ethan Riddell (7 points) and Zac Malone (6 points).

After halftime the Colts came out and opened the game up once again on a 7-0 run to stretch the lead to 33-20.

Hillsdale Academy sophomore Noah Kalthoff came out in the second half and took control of the inside scoring six points in a row and going 3-4 from the foul line. Kalthoff finished tied for high score with his teammate Liam Wolfram. The pair each had 16 to lead the Colts. The sophomore also had a double, double on the night leading the team in rebounds.

“I thought Noah would be the difference in the game,” Milligan said. “Liam and Adam also had a good game.”

Milligan believes the teams last loss to Waldron was an eye opener for the Colts. He said his team came back to the gym and had a good week of practice in preparation for the game against Camden.

“Camden has a good team,” he said.

Holubik shared the same sediments about Milligan and his team.

“Rick had a good game plan tonight,” he said. “We waited to look to be aggressive. We can’t wait until the fourth quarter to turn on our defense. It is tough to win on the road.”

Leading the way for the for the Redskins was Malone with 14. The only other Redskin in double figures was senior Gary Johnson with 12.

The Redskins trailed the entire game only getting within four points. They now must have to regroup and prepare for conference foe Waldron.

“We have to go back to basics,” Holubik said. “I have to give our guys credit they don’t quit.”

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Milligan is hoping the win gets his team closer to the conference championship.

“We need to focus on being more patient on offense, and cut down on the turnovers,” he said.

Rounding out the scoring for the 4-6 Redskins was Ethan Riddell (9), Alec Dahlstrom (2), Calvin Conant (6) and Tory Teneyck (4). The team shot 33 percent on the night.